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Nearly 30 million people tan indoors

Nearly 30 million people tan indoors in the US annually, and 71 percent of tanning salon patrons are girls and women aged 16-29. This presents a serious health problem because people who first use tanning beds before age 35 have a 75 percent increase in their lifetime risk of developing melanoma. Furthermore, indoor tanners are 2.5 times more likely to develop squamous cell carcinoma, and 1.5 times more likely to develop basal cell carcinoma.